Photograph with kind permission from MC 2016

MICROPOETRY

little boats

“Vessels large may venture more, But little boats should keep near shore.”― Benjamin Franklin, The Way to Wealth

where the marram drifts. a wave along the shoreline
and the dunes shift. with an undulate of silence
sifting sands. for the night weeps. all the little
wooden boats beneath the water. a heavy weight of
sadness when the shadows walk. each drowning
unforgotten.

© Sally A Mortemore 2025. All Rights Reserved.

With grateful thanks to The Howling Owl, and to YOU for reading 🙏

Please see the link below for my Ekphrastic poem published at the same time in The Howling Owl — ‘crack’ :

Crack